Dan Glaser, President and CEO, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Appointed Chair of the BritishAmerican Business International Advisory Board April 8, 2019 Dan Glaser, President and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies, has been appointed Chair of the International Advisory Board (IAB) of BritishAmerican Business (BAB) it was announced today by BAB CEO, Duncan Edwards. He succeeds…
April Update A Message From Duncan Edwards, CEO How I wish that I could start this April newsletter on any other subject than Brexit…stupidly, I had thought that, nearly three years after the referendum, the UK and the EU would have been able to find a way of executing on the result without inflicting…
American Airlines & British Airways Begin New Service Between Arizona & London The partnership brings the total number of daily transatlantic flights offered by the two companies to 67 On 1 April 2019, a partnership between American Airlines and British Airways officially launched their newest service between London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and Phoenix Sky…
Summary: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (TCJA) of 2017 introduced the qualified opportunity zone (QOZ) program under new Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Sections 1400Z-1 and 1400Z-2 to promote economic development in financially distressed areas within the US. A “qualified opportunity zone” (QOZ) is defined as a “population census tract that is a low-income community”…
An Interview with Torry Berntsen Torry Berntsen, Chief Executive Officer, Americas and Head Corporate & Institutional Banking, Americas, Standard Chartered Bank Published April 1st, 2018 What are you most looking forward to do when the weather warms up in the coming weeks? Probably being outside, playing a bit more golf. I also like to walk…
Duncan Edwards, CEO, Comments on Third Withdrawal Agreement Failing to Achieve Parliamentary Approval “The transatlantic business community has continued to support the passing of the Withdrawal Agreement negotiated between the UK and the EU. The failure by the UK Parliament to pass the Withdrawal Agreement today in the House is deeply disappointing. While we welcome…
On Wednesday 13th March, 2019, Woodland Media (a division of Woodland Group – one of the largest privately-owned logistics companies with offices in the UK, Asia, Europe and the US) proudly celebrated its 25th Anniversary during the London Book Fair at Kensington’s Olympia Exhibition Halls in London, UK. This significant landmark reflects a remarkable journey…
Trailblazing Businesses to be Celebrated at 2019 Transatlantic Growth (TAG) Awards Contact: Dominic Parker, Communications Manager dparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 For a PDF copy of this press release, please click here 19 March 2019 London – Start-ups forging new international trade ties have joined household names as BritishAmerican Business (BAB) today announced the winners of…
BAB Executive Director Emanuel Adam Delivers Speech to International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences The following speech was delivered at the Palace of Westminster on Thursday 14 March, to attendees at the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board Meeting welcoming event Ladies and Gentleman, honourable members of the House, it is…
Inclusion, Education & Wellbeing in the Workplace The following extract is taken from a post-event report for our recent The STIR Diversity & Inclusion Conference, kindly written by BAB members Matter of Form. You can read the report in full here. At Matter Of Form, we are fascinated by the changes in how we…